Frisco’s Grand Park begins construction, first phase set for 2027
Frisco broke ground on Grand Park’s first 58 acres, where the Civic Room will open in October 2027 with an amphitheater, orchard and 3-acre pond.
Frisco has moved Grand Park from planning into visible construction, with the first 58-acre phase south of Cotton Gin Road between the Dallas North Tollway and Legacy Drive set to open in October 2027. The ceremonial groundbreaking marked the start of work on the Civic Room, the first slice of a park system that will eventually stretch across 1,011 acres to Lake Lewisville and FM 423.
The opening phase will include an amphitheater, shade structures, restrooms, an orchard and Arrowhead Pond, a roughly 3-acre water feature. The pond will be the first water body in the city park system activated for recreation, with kayaking and paddle boarding among the intended uses.
City materials put the total first-phase package at $48.5 million, including design, construction and public art, while other city communications put construction cost at about $43 million. The work is being paid for with bond money and contributions from the Frisco Community Development Corporation, which reinvests sales tax dollars generated by visitors, businesses and residents into local projects.
The long-range plan divides the site into multiple areas, including Adventure Play, Sports Park, Nature Center and Botanical Garden and Nature Area, along with the Community Hub, the Wilds and the Confluence. Those more natural sections are expected to add paths, walkways, canoe launches, bike trails and nature trails as the park expands over time.
Frisco partnered with IDEO in 2023 to shape the vision, then adopted guiding principles in January 2024 and worked with Design Workshop on a site analysis and framework that same month. The first phase reached design completion in the first quarter of 2026, ahead of the groundbreaking.
Grand Park’s timeline has also been shaped by the former Exide Technologies battery recycling plant. In October 2020, Frisco and the Frisco Community Development Corporation acquired the remaining 102 acres of the Exide property, bringing the future park footprint to about 600 acres at the time and putting estimated cleanup costs at $29 million. Contamination from Exide affected Stewart Creek sediment in Grand Park, and the city continues to post monitoring and cleanup updates on its Exide information page.
Mayor Jeff Cheney said the 2006 park bond effort helped inspire him to run for City Council in 2007.
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